I've read the thread on "syntactical chiasmus" with interest. Does Colossians 1:3-4 offer us any help in understanding Philemon 4-5? I'm going to just ask a few questions (because I've done better at that than at answering them on B-greek). I'm sure that others have noticed this, but I don't remember anyone drawing our attention to it. Col. 1:3-4 EUCARISTOUMEN TWi QEWi PATRI TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU CRISTOU PANTOTE PERI hUMWN PROSEUCOMENOI, AKOUSANTES THN PISTIN hUMWN EN CRISTWi IHSOU KAI THN AGAPHN hHN ECETE EIS PANTAS TOUS hAGIOUS Phile. 4-5 EUCARISTW TWi QEWi MOU PANTOTE MNEIAN SOU POIOUMENOS EPI TWN PROSUCWN MOU, AKOUWN SOU THN AGAPHN KAI THN PISTIN, hHN ECEIS PROS TON KURION IHSOUN KAI EIS PANTAS TOUS hAGIOUS, Doesn't the clearer syntax of the verses in Colossians give us a clue about the less clear syntax of Philemon 5? In Colossians the PISTIS clearly is directed to Christ and the AGAPH to EIS PANTAS TOUS hAGIOUS. Jonathan Boyd Ankeny, IA ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu